Currently on Caltrain heading from the South Bay toward SF, and the train is packed. That would’ve been unthinkable a couple years ago pre-electrification, especially on a Saturday night when headways were once per hour or longer. Frequency matters!

Simple Boxes with Ornamentation are better than One Box Pretending To Be Lots of Boxes

my mood improves every time I go walk around outside and engage with my community. which is probably a coincidence

Nairobi's electric motorbike taxis are not being hit by the higher fuel prices. Also they use electric bikes produced in Africa. 🔌💡 youtu.be/OBoNsdPIt9Q?...

It’s been a long time coming… huge deal for LA. 7 more days! I haven’t been to a transit opening lately.

We're announcing the opening of over 180 new affordable homes for families in the LA area and the start of 85 new upcoming units in San Francisco. Through our Cap-and-Invest program, we're reducing harmful emissions and helping more Californians afford a place to call home.

Stunning. @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social

OCTA and Metro cutting Metrolink funding for regional rail service (all-day, bi-directional service) to return to a commuter-focused schedule is a bad idea generally. It seems especially bad just before the World Cup and Olympics.

Amazing. In Paris, school streets "with the full treatment — trees, gardens, light-colored pavement — were on average, an astonishing 9 degrees (Fahrenheit) cooler than nearby non-school streets."

Caltrans is gearing up to drop 10s of millions of dollars into an interchange project for two highways that are immediately adjacent to America's 2nd busiest Amtrak line, as well as the Coaster and Sprinter commuter rail services. engage.dot.ca.gov/11-07890#tab...

MacArthur park will soon be closer to UCLA than student housing in Palms. We’re going need a lot more housing along the D Line.

Bringing back this map I first drafted a year or two ago to show how mindblowing fast the D Line Extension is going to be. Time to start adjusting your mental model of LA because she's shrinking Stations are spaced on a grid where each 'tick' represents one minute of travel

Every. Single. State. Has higher gas prices today compared to a week ago. Biggest jumps: IN +84c/gal (yes, 84 cents in a WEEK) MI +72c/gal OH +60c/gal IL +39c/gal NM +37c/gal

Good news: Speeding goes down and most people who get a warning or a first ticket don't get a second.

Cannot stress enough that what's happening now and will accelerate over next few weeks is a big spike in fuel costs paid for by every American that will flow *directly* into insane, unprecedented profits for American oil companies. They're going to be the big winners of this.

A Democratic president with simple majorities in Congress could enact proportional representation for the House—no amendments required. 50%+1 could end the filibuster, expand SCOTUS, expand the House, and enact PR by state. And add new states like D.C. to rebalance the Senate while they’re at it

Senior scientist Anna Reade tells us why it’s time to stop our reliance on toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” in the latest episode of What the Earth: https://on.nrdc.org/42DVNHY

Expand the court Abolish partisan gerrymandering Statehood for DC Voting rights for all

TOMORROW 4/30 at Village Well bookstore in Culver City! Witness middle schoolers DESTROY Asm. @ib2real.bsky.social, CC Mayor @freddypuza.bsky.social, CCUSD Boardmember @tristonezidore.bsky.social, and others including ME, as we debate the big issues like “are pancakes morally superior to waffles.”

At this point Santa Monica feels like another planet compared to LA

Anyone here want to be in The Economist? I am looking for people who grew up in the suburbs of a big US city (Chicago, NYC, LA) but are now choosing to raise kids in the city

“since the war, Texas consumers have spent more additional money on gas than California, despite having eight million fewer people and lower prices“

The downtown L.A. library is 100. Celebrate by roaming the stacks after dark at this festival

Good morning

🎢 "Trump Gas Prices looks too intense for me!" 🎡 "Just looking at Trump Gas Prices makes me feel sick." www.nrdc.org/bio/kathy-ha...

“The oil industry is not — and cannot be — the architect of California’s future. While the proposed cap‑and‑invest regs preserve a core climate program and expand support to help lower electric bills, they also provide a basket of goodies to the fossil fuel industry..." www.nrdc.org/reaction/nrd...

For my SF friends, this LA trip is slightly longer than the Ferry Terminal Building to Ocean Beach.

It appears Google has turned off the new subway directions for now. But it shows that the Wilshire subway extension will save you 20 minutes over driving and 25 minutes over today’s transit.

Car free streets bring people together.

LA at its best. Thank you Ciclavia.

If CicLAvia had official gear this weekend it would be Ride the D t-shirts those things are everywhere.

the e line to santa monica is 10 years old now. in 10 years the d line will be 10 years old. in 20, the Sepulveda line should be 10 years old.

hey purple @internethippo.bsky.social are you going to ride the new purple train?

Goats hard at work landscaping at the Rose Bowl

It’s happening!!

2 weeks out, 2 new drops! With the D Line extension opening just around the corner, grab your gear and celebrate with us on May 8. shop.metro.net

Why is Los Angeles spending millions of dollars fighting to block affordable housing during a housing crisis? We have the highest rent burdened population in America, the result of years of decisions motivated by politics rather than the needs of Angelenos. That ends when I’m mayor.

We’re at the Caltrain Electrification: Lessons from a Pioneering Commuter Rail Upgrade panel at S.F. Climate Week. 🧵

perfect weather to bike home

looks like there's a webinar tomorrow on next steps for the sepulveda line at noon. you can register here. Personally, I'm curious about any update on new MSF location, P3 funding, siting/redesign of the valley alt 6 stations with alt 4/5 tech, and whether there's been any push to move to bundy.

Idk if it’s gas prices but Metro trains seem busier the last couple weeks. Even early in the morning when it used to be quiet.

If you want to see a great grid of transit corridors along the westside, please take this survey! @streetsforall.org @movela.bsky.social @alexfischca.bsky.social survey123.arcgis.com/share/8e85a3...

My letter on how the Supreme Court conservatives were taken in by false claims that power plant carbon emission rules would cost billions. Real cost? Zero. Judging the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/o...

What kind of trip is everyone planning for the summer? Due to rising fuel prices, my family plan is to only go places we can reach via those single mini-railcars that are just a big lever where you and another person have to stand on either end of it and push it up and down to make it go.

View of D Line from LAX-MSP this a.m. 🚇✈️ Opens 5.8.20206

The second-most reckless driver in NYC - whose RAM 1500 truck has racked up 547 speeding or red-light tickets since 2022 - is a NYPD officer. All that a police spokesman would say is that those speeding tickets were "not related to his job." A+ local journalism: nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...

note that Nithya has a great transit plank up on her website rn: www.nithyaforthecity.com

Together, this plan means: - Less time stuck in traffic - More reliable public transit - FULLY protected bike lanes Next up, parks, trees, shade, and a full climate plan. Stay tuned!

Finally, We’ll build the transit Angelenos voted for. That means delivering on Metro’s rail and BRT expansion plans. We’ll use the mayor’s Metro board seats to speed up projects, keep them on-budget, and advocate for improved safety and cleanliness.

We’ll also work with Metro to run buses more often, reintroduce express routes, and increase night time service.